Bruce Mason first seen as a youth embittered by the events of The Big RockCandy Mountain returns to Salt Lake City fortyfive years later for thefuneral of an au... » 

Bruce Mason first seen as a youth embittered by the events of The Big RockCandy Mountain returns to Salt Lake City fortyfive years later for thefuneral of an aunt. As Bruce makes the perfunctory arrangements for thefuneral we enter with him on an intensely private and painful inner pilgrimagepopulated by the ghosts of his past. Recollections of them become a source ofrevelation for Bruce Mason. He makes peace with his dead father and finallycomes around to what he is a respected professional diplomat and a man with apast worth inheriting. Recapitulation is a moving novel about selfknowledgedearly bought and ultimate survival by one of Americas most distinguishednovelists. «